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1 Foundations of Earth Science, 6e Lutgens, Tarbuck, & Tasa
2 Glacial and Arid Landscapes Foundations, 6e - Chapter 4 Stan Hatfield Southwestern Illinois College
3 Glaciers Glaciers are parts of two basic cycles Hydrologic cycle Rock cycle Glacier A thick mass of ice that originates on land from the accumulation, compaction, and recrystallization of snow
4 Glaciers Types of glaciers Valley (alpine) glaciers Exist in mountainous areas Flow down a valley from an accumulation center at its head Ice sheets Exist on a larger scale than valley glaciers Two major ice sheets on Earth are over Greenland and Antarctica
5 Glaciers Types of glaciers Ice sheets Often called continental ice sheets Ice flows out in all directions from one or more snow accumulation centers Other types of glaciers Icecaps Outlet glaciers Piedmont glaciers
6 Present-day continental ice sheets
7 How glaciers move Movement is referred to as flow Two basic types Plastic flow Occurs within the ice Basal slip Entire ice mass slipping along the ground Most glaciers are thought to move by this process
8 How glaciers move Movement is referred to as flow Zone of fracture Occurs in the uppermost 50 meters Tension causes crevasses to form in brittle ice Rates of glacial movement Average velocities vary considerably from one glacier to another
9 How glaciers move Rates of glacial movement Rates of up to several meters per day Budget of a glacier Zone of accumulation The area where a glacier forms Elevation of the snowline varies greatly
10 Budget of a glacier How glaciers move Zone of wastage The area where there is a net loss to the glacier due to Melting Calving The breaking off of large pieces of ice (icebergs where the glacier has reached the sea)
11 How glaciers move Budget of a glacier Balance between accumulation at the upper end of the glacier, and loss at the lower end is referred to as the glacial budget If accumulation exceeds loss (called ablation), the glacial front advances If ablation increases and/or accumulation decreases, the ice front will retreat
12 The glacial budget
13 Glacial erosion Glaciers are capable of great erosion and sediment transport Glaciers erode the land primarily in two ways Plucking Lifting of rocks Abrasion Rocks within the ice acting like sandpaper to smooth and polish the surface below
14 Glacial erosion
15 Glacial erosion Glacial erosion Glacial abrasion produces Rock flour (pulverized rock) Glacial striations (grooves in the bedrock)
16 Glacial abrasion
17 Glacial erosion Landforms created by glacial erosion Erosional features of glaciated valleys Hanging valleys Cirques Tarns Fiords Arêtes Horns
18 Glaciated topography
19 The Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps
20 A fiord in Norway
21 Glacial deposits Glacial drift Refers to all sediments of glacial origin Types of glacial drift Till Material that is deposited directly by the ice Stratified drift Sediments laid down by glacial meltwater
22 Glacial till is typically unstratified and unsorted
23 Glacial deposits Landforms made of till Moraines Layers or ridges of till Moraines produced by alpine glaciers Lateral moraine Medial moraine
24 Glacial deposits Landforms made of till Other types of moraines End moraine Terminal or recessional Ground moraine
25 Glacial depositional features
26 Glacial deposits Landforms made of till Drumlins Smooth, elongated, parallel hills Steep side faces the direction from which the ice advanced Occur in clusters called drumlin fields
27 Glacial deposits Landforms made of stratified drift Outwash plains (with ice sheets) and valley trains (when in a valley) Broad ramp-like surface composed of stratified drift deposited by meltwater leaving a glacier Located adjacent to the downstream edge of most end moraines Often pockmarked with depressions called kettles
28 Glacial deposits Landforms made of stratified drift Ice-contact deposits Deposited by meltwater flowing over, within, and at the base of motionless ice Features include Kames Eskers
29 Glaciers of the past Ice Age Ice covered 30 percent of Earth s land area Ice age began between 2 3 million years ago Most of the major glacial episodes occurred during a division of geologic time called the Pleistocene epoch
30 Maximum extent of ice during the Ice Age
31 Glaciers of the past Indirect effects of Ice Age glaciers Forces migration of animals and plants Changes in stream courses Rebounding upward of the crust in former centers of ice accumulation Worldwide change in sea level Climatic changes
32 Deserts Dry regions cover 30 percent of Earth s land surface Distribution and causes of dry lands Two climatic types are commonly recognized Desert or arid Steppe or semiarid
33 Desert and steppe regions of the world
34 Deserts Dry lands are concentrated in two regions Subtropics Low-latitude deserts Areas of high pressure and sinking air that is compressed and warmed
35 Deserts Dry lands are concentrated in two regions Middle-latitudes Located in the deep interiors of continents High mountains in the path of the prevailing winds produce a rainshadow desert
36 Rainshadow desert
37 Deserts Role of water in arid climates Most streambeds are dry most of the time Desert streams are said to be ephemeral Carry water only during periods of rainfall Different names are used for desert streams in various region Wash and arroyo (western United States) Wadi (Arabia and North Africa)
38 Deserts Role of water in arid climates Ephemeral streams Different names are used for desert streams in various regions Donga (South America) Nullah (India) Desert rainfall Rain often occurs as heavy showers
39 Deserts Role of water in arid climates Desert rainfall Because desert vegetative cover is sparse, runoff is largely unhindered and flash floods are common Poorly integrated drainage systems and streams lack an extensive system of tributaries Most of the erosion work in a desert is done by running water
40 A dry channel contains water only following heavy rain
41 Basin and Range: Evolution of a desert landscape Characterized by interior drainage Landscape evolution in the Basin and Range region Uplift of mountains Block faulting Interior drainage into basins produces Alluvial fans Bajadas Playas and playa lakes
42 Basin and Range: Evolution of a desert landscape Landscape evolution in the Basin and Range region Ongoing erosion of the mountain mass Produces sediment that fills the basin Diminishes local relief Produces isolated erosional remnants called inselbergs
43 Wind erosion Transportation of sediment by wind Differs from that of running water in two ways Wind is less capable of picking up and transporting coarse materials Wind is not confined to channels and can spread sediment over large areas
44 Wind erosion Transportation of sediment by wind Mechanisms of transport Bedload Saltation skipping and bouncing along the surface Particles larger than sand are usually not transported by wind Suspended load
45 Wind erosion Mechanisms of transport Deflation Lifting of loose material Deflation produces blowouts (shallow depressions) and desert pavement (a surface of coarse pebbles and cobbles) Wind is a relatively insignificant erosional agent when compared to water
46 Creation of blowouts by deflation
47 Formation of desert pavement
48 Wind deposits Wind deposits Significant depositional landforms are created by wind in some areas Two types of wind deposits Dunes Mounds or ridges of sand Often asymmetrically shaped Windward slope is gently inclined and the leeward slope is the slip face
49 Sand dunes near Preston Mesa, Arizona
50 Wind deposits Wind deposits Two types of wind deposits Loess Blankets of windblown silt Two primary sources are deserts and glacial outwash deposits Extensive deposits occur in China and the central United States
51 Loess deposits in southern Illinois
52 End of Chapter 4
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